3(1)The Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937, shall be amended as follows.U.K.
(2)After section 62 there shall be inserted the following section—
“63 Register of children found guilty of offences.
In addition to any other register required by law, a separate register of children found guilty of offences and of children discharged on bond or put on probation shall be kept for every summary court by the chief constable or other person charged with the duty of keeping registers of convictions. The register shall apply to children of such age, and shall include such particulars, as may be directed by the Secretary of State, and it shall be the duty of the keeper of the register, within seven days after any such child has been dealt with by the court, to transmit a copy of the entry relating to the child to the education authority for the area in which the child resides.”
(3)Before section 104 there shall be added the following section—
“103 Proof of age a defence.
Where a person is charged with an offence under this Act in respect of a person apparently under a specified age, it shall be a defence to prove that the person was actually of or over that age.”